An engineering professor at North Carolina A & T University has won the UNC system's top faculty honor.

Jagannathan Sankar, the Distinguished University Professor of mechanical engineering and White House Millennium Researcher, won the O. Max Gardner Award, the top faculty award given by the UNC system. 

Sankar received the award this morning at a meeting of the UNC system's Board of Governors.

Sankar, who has spent 27 years on the Greensboro campus, is recognized as one of the world's leading authorites on the development of advanced biolaterials and smart structures. His work is expected to improve medical implants and surgical procedures.

Sankar is the author of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and scientific papers and he has generated more than $45 million in research funding for N.C. A & T.

N.C. A & T University has set up a new website as it begins its search for a new chancellor.

Current Chancellor Stanley Battle surprised the A&T community last month in announcing plans to step down later this year. He has only been on the job since 2007.

N.C. A & T Chancellor Stanley Battle's abrupt resignation announcement this week may have been due to fundamental differences he had with members of the campus community.

The Greensboro News & Record reports today that Battle may have been clashing with some over his desire to raise standards on campus.

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North Carolina A & T Chancellor Stanley Battle caught his campus by surprise this week, announcing his resignation for personal reasons.

He's done there June 30.

Battle has been on the job at the Greensboro campus since July 2007.

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